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God , that this species of suffering and death might be removed * consequently , it was perfectly consistent with our Lord ' s general character and spirit to pray for their removal .
This proved the case in fact : without his drinking up this cup of death , t \ e . without actually dying by the mortal symp-, toms of his present bodily disorder , the purposes of divine wisdom were effectually answered : partly , by his suffering so much
from this deadly cup now put into his hand , and thereby having experienced what men suffer from bodily maladies , and the agonies of death consequent thereon : partly , by the offering up of these humble and submissive petitions , and the perfect resigna-. tion he yielded to the will of his Father , whereby his own
character and his example to us of an unreproved piety were greatly illustrated ^ and then the cup was instantly removed . What confirms me in a persuasion , that the interpretation I have now offered , exhibits our feord ' s real meaning in this petition , is a passage of St . Paul in the v . chap , of Hebrews and the 7 th verse ; where ^ I think , he undoubtedly refers to this
transaction in the garden , and hath these words : c
of the original are more truly , as well as more intelligibly translated in the margin : " He was heard for his piety /* Let us compare these words of the apostle with the evangelists' account of our Lord ' s agfony in the garden . The apostle says , he ottered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears : The evangelists tell us what his prayers and
supplications were , and describe the great earnestness wherewith he prayed . The apostle intimates , that the purport of his prayer was , that he might be saved from death . The evangelists give us his words thus : O my Father , if it be possible , let this cup pass from me / ' cc Whence tis plain in what sense the apostle understood the word cup . The apostle says he prayed to him
that was able to save him from death * One of the evangelists gives his words thus : Abba , Father , all things are possible unto thee , take away this cyp from me / ' The apostle says he offered up this prayer with great piety . The evangelists give us these as his words : QC Nevertheless , not my will , but thine be done : " and again : *< If this cup may not pass from me ,
except I drink it , thy will b ^ done . " The apostle assures us , that he was heard for his piety : t . e * his petition was granted , he was saved from death as he requested . But from what deatii
